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Surname
WIDDOWSON
Forename
Samuel
Day
28
Month
01
Year
1903
Age
20
Occupation
Planeman
Mine/Quarry Name
Pinxton, No.1
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Pinxton Coal Co.
Location
Pinxton
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
He was run over by full tub. A train of 26 tubs was being pulled up the plane when the coupling between the third and fourth tub broke ant allowed 23 tubs to run back down the incline. This caused the three tubs to be pulled up the plane at a rapid rate, and deceased being in the incline and a few yards away, they fatally struck him.